A Completely Impossible Set List

Bruce M.

Ever since Paul FINALLY did "Oh! Darling!" live a couple weeks ago, I've been imagining what kind of show I dream of him doing if he had his full, current songbook and his 1973 voice. Totally impossible, of course, but if it could be, my fantasy show would be something like this. Since I don't think he's ever done it on tour, we start out with Paul on piano...

Single Pigeon
Ballroom Dancing
Vintage Clothes
Friends to Go
On My Way to Work
Junior's Farm
Ever Present Past
Getting Closer
Dominoes
Get on the Right Thing
The World Tonight
Try Not to Cry
You Won't See Me
People Want Peace
Eat At Home
I've Just Seen a Face
Sally G
Rocky Raccoon
Put It There
One of These Days
Mull of Kintyre
Baby's Request
Your Mother Should Know
Do It Now
Women and Wives
Beautiful Night

ENCORES

Young Boy
Old Siam Sir
Wanderlust
Oh! Darling!

Yeah, I know, we'll never see it and even if he wanted to he couldn't pull off a lot of these songs now. But I'd empty my bank account to see a show like this.

Yankeefan2

@bruce-m We could all come up with a great set list we would have loved to see him do when his voice was much stronger. Sadly, Paul had no desire to ever try most of the excellent songs you mentioned. As for "Oh Darling", it was done only because Chrissie Hynde requested it and thankfully, she did most of the singing. Paul is 80 now and any further performances will follow his same pattern. It is nice though to still have dreams of what he could have done live, oh well -lol

oobu24

Yep, we all could post a dream setlist. And most of us would insert many more songs from his solo career but we'll never see it...unfortunately.

Bruce M.

@yankeefan2 said in A Completely Impossible Set List:

@bruce-m We could all come up with a great set list we would have loved to see him do when his voice was much stronger. Sadly, Paul had no desire to ever try most of the excellent songs you mentioned. As for "Oh Darling", it was done only because Chrissie Hynde requested it and thankfully, she did most of the singing. Paul is 80 now and any further performances will follow his same pattern. It is nice though to still have dreams of what he could have done live, oh well -lol

For sure, he could never pull off Oh! Darling! solo now. The duet worked because Hynde did the heavy lifting. But it's fun to dream.

@bruce-m that's a good set list ️